nó

Offering Alternatives

Level 1

Nó means or: Ar mhaith leat tae nó caife? It joins alternatives without using English word order inside the Irish clauses.

How It Works

Nó means or: Ar mhaith leat tae nó caife? It joins alternatives without using English word order inside the Irish clauses.

Nó links alternatives. It does not itself determine whether the sentence is a question, a statement or a request. In a question offering a drink, keep the established Irish copular question frame and put nó between the two offered items.

Examples (3)

  1. Ar mhaith leat tae nó caife?

    Would you like tea or coffee?

  2. An bhfuil sé anseo nó sa bhaile?

    Is he here or at home?

  3. Ba mhaith liom leabhar nó peann.

    I would like a book or a pen.

Words in This Pattern

nó